Petrie excavated at Rifeh some 'pan graves' (Petrie
1907: 20-21), belonging to Nubian people living in Egypt in the Second
Intermediate Period. The following pottery most likely comes from Rifeh, although
this is not always certain. Pan grave pottery is very similar to C-Group
pottery. The surface is decorated with incised patterns. Other vessels are
reddish-brown with a black top, very similar to the 'Kerma
beakers', but not polished. Pan graves also contained a large number of
Egyptian objects, with evidence for increasing absorption into the Egyptian
way of life in the course of the Second Intermediate Period.